On its fourth try, the Senate has approved a resolution recognizing the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a century ago as genocide.
Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.WASHINGTON -- On its fourth try, the Senate has approved a resolution that recognizes the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a century ago as genocide.
“I say to my friends and colleagues that genocide is genocide,'' Menendez said on the Senate floor. “Senators in this body should have the simple courage to say it plainly, say it clearly, and say it without reservation.'' Activist groups cheered the vote as long overdue."The president ran out of people he could turn to to enforce Erdogan's veto,'' said Aram Hamparian, executive director of the Armenian National Committee of America.
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